Also his views on Holmes. Dempsey retained his mind to the end, and also reasonable health with the aid of a pacemaker. (In fact, he joked about...
Marciano, 49-0-0 against the likes of Walcott, Charles and Moore looks like **** too. But then, you should see the other guy! Ditto for Harry....
Even the Machen blowout failed to impress many in the US, and the memory of how Ingo was disqualified in the Olympics remained clinging to him. He...
Because of Bass and Lederman's syndicated Cavalcade of Boxing program, the history of that title was not as obscure to American fans as it might...
I had seen Boza Edwards defeat Chacon after 13 rounds, and earlier, Arguello beat him after seven. Both times, he ran out of gas. When...
According to my info, Ross had a draw, but I somehow missed Ross entirely. Good catch! (Of course I was thinking of LaStarza.) We'll never know,...
That was actually Angelo Dundee, yelling at Louis from his ringside color commentary broadcast position. (It is also Dundee who can be earlier...
If Burley's physical appearance had been full blooded Irish, with him speaking in his mother's rich County Cork brogue, and had he boxed in green...
Is that why he went after Bowe's marbles instead?
Machen and Folley had that draw in April 1958. My supposition is that Machen would have gotten his shot at Marciano the year prior to that...
I also suspect Machen. Eddie was ambushed by a retreating Ingo, who could be a very sly and cagey strategist. But Machen knew who he was dealing...
I have said this in the past. A look at the Ring Record Book makes it clear that not a great deal of history was lost in reducing fights down to a...
Robby saying he was too pretty to fight Burley wasn't the same as expressing the expectation that he would lose. Charley himself admitted that he...
I interpreted the thread as asking for great jabbing duels, not necessarily duels between ATG jabbers. Tunney-Loughran is not on any extant film...
